Hand grip

ABSTRACT

The inventive belt-suspended handgrip relates to devices for passenger transport means. The invention provides several embodiments of the handgrip which is made from a plate provided with a slot for introducing and extracting a card and whose structural design enables to rapidly change information cards.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to devices for passenger vehicles, namelyto handgrips to be suspended in a vehicle.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There has been known a handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle andprovided with means for accommodating advertisements (Utility ModelDE9104744U, published 1991). This handgrip is embodied in the form of aframe with a window for displaying cards containing information ofadvertising nature (information cards). Two embodiments of a slot for aninformation card are provided. With the first embodiment, said slot ismade in the interior of stays and crossbars of the frame and is openfrom the end of said frame to insert and remove the information card.Since the window provides access to the card, it is used to remove andreplace the card.

With the second embodiment, the slot is made on the outside of the framein the form of a recess on its stays. The information card is applied tostays in the recess and glued.

The drawback to the known device with respect to the both embodimentsthereof consists in that the frame is not strong enough and may bedeformed (bent) and even broken with relative ease. In addition, withthe second embodiment, gluing of the card makes its replacementdifficult and labor-consuming. With the both embodiments, informationcards are not protected against vandalism.

There has been also known a handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle andprovided with means for accommodating advertisements (InternationalApplication PCT/CN03/00545, Publication WO 04/007240, dated Jan. 22,2004). This handgrip is made of a plate to enable arrangement andholding of an information card by means of a second plate connected to afirst one. The information card is held between the plates when they areconnected. The plates are made transparent. The drawbacks to this deviceconsist in that, firstly, it fails to provide for the arrangement ofinformation cards having a considerable thickness, since this may resultin deformation. Secondly, this device suggests a labor-consumingoperation for replacing the information card. When replacing cards, theboth plates of a handgrip should be disconnected and then againconnected to another information card.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The claimed inventions are intended, as their closest prior arts, toenable display of replaceable information cards, by means of a handgrip.As distinct from the prior art, the present inventions provide for thearrangement of information cards in slots provided in a plate from whicha handgrip is made. This allows free arrangement of information cards ofa considerable thickness (more than 0.2 mm) with due regard for acorresponding slot size. Moreover, the first embodiment of the inventivehandgrip allows for the arrangement of several cards in a slot and theirremoval one by one by passengers in a vehicle. The other embodiments ofthe inventive handgrip, more specifically, their particular cases, makeit possible to limit access to information cards for passengers,providing their arrangement inside the plate (the second embodiment) orbetween the plates (the third and fourth embodiments). In so doing, aconvenient replacement of cards is ensured. In particular, insertion ofa new card makes it possible to push out a card inserted earlier. Thereis no need to disconnect components of the handgrip. It should be notedthat all inventions afford convenient and quick replacement ofinformation cards by operating personnel.

The above technical effect is accomplished in the first embodiment of ahandgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgrip being embodied inthe form of a plate to enable arrangement and holding of an informationcard, said plate is provided with a groove formed by a recess on theplate surface and a rim along the edge of said recess, said rim beingopen for inserting several information cards and their removing bypassengers in the vehicle.

Said groove may be formed by a rectangular portion of the surface andrims along three sides of this portion.

A recess on the plate surface may be made rectangular, morespecifically—on a rectangular portion of the plate surface, with rimsbeing located along two opposite sides of the recess, at least on one oftwo other sides of the recess the surface of said recess is made with asmooth transition to an adjacent surface of the plate and forms (alongwith the rims) slots for inserting and/or removing a card.

A recess surface may be provided (from two sides) with a smoothtransition to an adjacent surface of the plate and may form (along withthe rims) slots for inserting and/or removing a card.

Said groove may be provided with a spring drawing information cards upto the plate surface or to the rims.

Said groove may be embodied to accommodate several information cards atone time and to enable removal of information cards one by one.

The above technical effect is accomplished in the second embodiment of ahandgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgrip being embodied inthe form of a plate to enable arrangement and holding of an informationcard, said plate is provided with a groove inside it, said groove beingopen for insertion and removal of an information card, the plate surfacebeing the outer surfaces of walls of said groove.

The plate may be embodied transparent and the groove may be made openfrom opposite sides of the plate. Specifically, the groove may be openfrom opposite ends of the plate.

The above technical effect is accomplished in the third embodiment of ahandgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgrip being embodied inthe form of two plates connected to each other, one of which being madeof a transparent material to enable arrangement of an information cardbetween the plates, at least one of said plates is provided with a slotin the form of a recess on the plate surface, said slot facing the otherplate and being open from opposite sides for insertion and removal of aninformation card.

The handgrip may be embodied in the form of three plates connected toeach other, a middle plate being made of a nontransparent material withgrooves at opposite sides connected to transparent plates.

One of the plates may be made of a nontransparent material with a groovein which a transparent plate is arranged.

The both plates may be made of a transparent material. In doing so, eachof the plates is provided with a groove in the form of a recess of asurface, said grooves forming in the handgrip a single slot forarranging an information card.

The groove may be embodied in the form of a strip and open from oppositeends of the plate.

One of the plates may be provided with a recess and the other—with aprotuberance arranged in the recess of the opposite plate with aclearance between them to accommodate the information card. In so doing,surfaces of said recess and protuberance may be made cylindrical; a slotformed by them being open along the forming cylindrical surfaces.

The above technical effect is accomplished in the fourth embodiment of ahandgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgrip being embodied inthe form of two plates connected to each other to enable arrangement ofan information card between the plates, at least one of said plates isprovided with a protuberance facing the other plate and forming betweenthe plates a groove, which is open to insert and remove an informationcard from the end of at least one of the plates.

Said recesses may be provided on each of the plates.

One or both of the plates may be made of a transparent material.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

With reference to the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates a handgrip made in accordance with the firstembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a handgrip made in accordance with the secondembodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a handgrip made in accordance with the thirdembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 illustrates a handgrip made in accordance with the fourthembodiment of the present invention

BEST MODES TO CARRY OUT THE INVENTION

A handgrip as depicted in FIG. 1 is embodied in the form of a plate 1with an opening 2 for connection with a belt by means of which thehandgrip is suspended in a vehicle, an opening 3 for a passenger handand a groove formed by a recess 4 and rims 5. A rim shown in FIG. 1 fromthe left is cut in part for clearness. The rims form slots 6 and 7. Aslot 6 allows insertion of several information cards into the groove atone time. A slot 7 enables removal of information cards one by one. Tothis end, a card is pressed by a finger in order to be deformed inaccordance with the surface of the recess 4 and inserted into the slot 7along a “rounded” portion of the recess 4.

The plate, along with the rims, may be made at the expense of injectionmolding from aluminum alloy or plastic.

Of course, the rims may be manufactured separately and then attached onthe plate (handgrip) thereby forming a groove with an outer surface ofsaid plate (handgrip).

A handgrip as depicted in FIG. 2 is embodied in the form of a plate 8made of a transparent material with an opening 9 for connection with abelt by means of which the handgrip is suspended in a vehicle, anopening 10 for a passenger hand. A groove 11 is provided inside theplate and open from opposite ends of the plate, thus enabling a quickreplacement of information cards. The plate may be manufactured from,for example, acrylic glass.

A handgrip as depicted in FIGS. 3 and 4 is composed of plates 12 and 13,which are bolted or glued using a transparent adhesive. The both platesare provided with grooves 14 (for a hand) and 15 (for a belt by means ofwhich they are attached to a crossbar 16). Each of the plates 12 and 13is provided with a recess 17. Recesses 17 form a single groove. Aninformation card is held within the groove at the expense of frictionbetween the surface of the card and that of the groove, which is ensuredby conformity of the card sizes and the groove sizes and selection ofmaterials from which the card and handgrip are made. The card may beinserted into the groove from opposite ends of the handgrip. Such adesign allows for quick replacement of information cards.

The both transparent plates and, accordingly, the handgrip as a wholemay be manufactured from acrylic glass.

A handgrip as depicted in FIG. 5 is embodied in the form of plates 18and 19, which are bolted or glued using a transparent adhesive. The bothplates are provided with a groove 20 for a hand. The plate 19 isprovided with a groove 21 for a belt. The plate 18 is provided with aprotuberance 22, which, together with surfaces of the plates facing eachother, forms a groove for insertion and removal of an information card23. The groove may accommodate several information cards for theirremoval by passengers in a vehicle.

The plates 18 and 19 may be made of a transparent or nontransparentmaterial, since in the case of using a nontransparent material, it iscontemplated that the cards are partially projected beyond the groove.

1. A handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgrip being embodiedin the form of a plate to enable arrangement and holding of aninformation card, characterized in that said plate is provided with agroove formed by a recess on the plate surface and a rim along the edgeof said recess, said rim being open for inserting several informationcards and their removing by passengers in the vehicle.
 2. (canceled) 3.(canceled)
 4. A handgrip as claimed in claim 1, characterized in thatsaid recess is made rectangular, said rims are located along twoopposite sides of the recess, at least on one of two other sides of therecess of surface of said recess is made with a smooth transition to anadjacent surface of the plate and forms with the rims slots forinserting and/or removing a card.
 5. (canceled)
 6. (canceled) 7.(canceled)
 8. A handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgripbeing embodied in the form of a plate to enable arrangement and holdingof an information card, characterized in that said plate is made of atransparent material and provided with a groove inside it, said groovebeing open for insertion and removal of an information card, the platesurface being the outer surface of walls of said groove.
 9. A handgripas claims in claim 8, characterized in that the plate is made of atransparent material and the groove is open from opposite sides of theplate.
 10. (canceled)
 11. A handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, saidhandgrip being embodied in the form of two plates connected to eachother, one of which being made of a transparent material to enablearrangement of an information card between the plates, characterized inthat at lease one of said plates is provided with a slot in the form ofa recess on the plate surface, said slot facing the other plate andbeing open from opposite sides for insertion and removal of aninformation card.
 12. A handgrip as claimed in claim 11, characterizedin that it is embodied in the form of three plates connected to eachother, a middle plate being made of a nontransparent material withgrooves at opposite sides connected to transparent plates.
 13. Ahandgrip as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that one of the platesis made of a nontransparent material with a groove in which atransparent plate is arranged.
 14. A handgrip as claimed in claim 11,characterized in that the both plates are made of a transparentmaterial.
 15. A handgrip as claimed in claim 14, characterized in thateach of the plates is provided with a groove in the form of a recess ofa surface, said grooves forming in the handgrip a single slot forarranging an information card.
 16. A handgrip as claimed in claim 5,characterized in that the groove is embodied in the form of a strip andbeing open from opposite ends of the plate.
 17. (canceled) 18.(canceled)
 19. A handgrip to be suspended in a vehicle, said handgripbeing embodied in the form of two plates connected to each other toenable arrangement of an information card between the plates,characterized in that at least one of said plates is provided with aprotuberance facing the other plate and forming between the plates agroove, which is open to insert and remove an information card from theend of at least one of the plates.
 20. (canceled)
 21. A handgrip asclaimed in claim 11, characterized in that one or both of the plates aremade of a transparent material.